Agatha Christie's Why Didn't They Ask Evans?
2:30 pm - 3:40 pm, Saturday, January 3 on ITV3 (10)
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Season 1, Episode 1
Along the rugged Welsh coastline, vicar's son Bobby Jones finds a stricken man at the bottom of the cliffs who utters a mysterious question before dying. These enigmatic final words send Bobby and his socialite friend Lady Frankie Derwent on a crime-solving adventure. Hugh Laurie directs his own adaptation of the mystery, starring Will Poulter and Lucy Boynton
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Cast & Crew
Will Poulter
(Actor)
.. Bobby Jones
Lucy Boynton
(Actor)
.. Frankie Derwent
Maeve Dermody
(Actor)
.. Moira Nicholson
Conleth Hill
(Actor)
.. Dr Alwyn Thomas
Daniel Ings
(Actor)
.. Roger Bassington-ffrench
Jonathan Jules
(Actor)
.. Ralph `Knocker" Beadon
Alistair Petrie
(Actor)
.. The Rev Richard Jones
Nicholas Asbury
(Actor)
.. Mr Angel
Morwenna Banks
(Actor)
.. Amelia Cayman
Patrick Barlow
(Actor)
.. Wilfred Bragge
Emma Thompson
(Actor)
.. Lady Marcham
Jim Broadbent
(Actor)
.. Lord Marcham
Leon Ockendon
(Actor)
.. Alex Pritchard
Tim Treloar
(Actor)
.. Arthur Crowe
Tomos Farrer
(Actor)
.. Mickey
Samuel Farrer
(Actor)
.. Sammy
Nicholas Banks
(Actor)
.. `Thicko" Derwent-Broxley
Nia Trussler Jones
(Actor)
.. Mrs Gladys Roberts
Martyn Ellis
(Actor)
.. Albert the golf pro
Carlie Enoch
(Actor)
.. Ivy Marshall
Trevor Cooper
(Actor)
.. Coroner
Bob Goody
(Actor)
.. Ted Miller
Richard Dixon
(Actor)
.. Leo Cayman
Simon Markey
(Actor)
.. Nigel the postman
Benedict Wolf
(Actor)
.. Hari Singh
Christian Patterson
(Actor)
.. Sgt Ellis
Hugh Laurie
(Adapted by)
Agatha Christie
(Writer)
Claire Jones
(Producer)
James Prichard
(Executive producer)
Damien Timmer
(Executive producer)
Helen Ziegler
(Executive producer)
Gina Cronk
(Executive producer)
Jonathan Karas
(Executive producer)
Emily Powers
(Executive producer)
More Information
Did You Know..
Will Poulter
(Actor)
.. Bobby Jones
Lucy Boynton
(Actor)
.. Frankie Derwent
Maeve Dermody
(Actor)
.. Moira Nicholson
Conleth Hill
(Actor)
.. Dr Alwyn Thomas
Born:
November 24, 1964
in
Ballycastle, Northern Ireland
Daniel Ings
(Actor)
.. Roger Bassington-ffrench
Jonathan Jules
(Actor)
.. Ralph `Knocker" Beadon
Alistair Petrie
(Actor)
.. The Rev Richard Jones
Nicholas Asbury
(Actor)
.. Mr Angel
Morwenna Banks
(Actor)
.. Amelia Cayman
Patrick Barlow
(Actor)
.. Wilfred Bragge
Emma Thompson
(Actor)
.. Lady Marcham
Born:
April 15, 1959
in
London
Best Known For:
Being one of Britain's premier actresses.
Early-life:
Born April 15, 1959, in Paddington, London. Her father was Eric Thompson, a stage director and the man behind the British version of The Magic Roundabout. Her mother is actress Phyllida Law and her sister, Sophie, is also a thespian. She originally wanted to be a writer, but the acting bug bit while at Cambridge University (her contemporaries included Stephen Fry, Tony Slattery and Hugh Laurie). Her performances were so impressive an agent signed her two years before she finished her studies.
Career:
After a spell as a stand-up comic, Thompson teamed up with Fry and Laurie for TV sketch show Alfresco, starred in West End smash Me and My Girl, and acclaimed dramas Tutti Frutti and Fortunes of War. Her first film was 1989's The Tall Guy. Already a familiar face in the UK, she became an international star thanks to her Oscar-winning role in 1992's Howards End. She later won another Academy Award, this time for writing the screenplay for Sense and Sensibility. She also wrote as well as starred in Nanny McPhee and its sequel. Thompson's other movies include Dead Again, In the Name of the Father, The Remains of the Day, Junior, Primary Colors, Love Actually, Stranger Than Fiction, I Am Legend, Brideshead Revisited, The Boat That Rocked, three Harry Potter movies and Saving Mr Banks.
Quote:
"I mind having to look pretty, because it is so much more of an effort."
Trivia:
She speaks French and Spanish fluently.
Jim Broadbent
(Actor)
.. Lord Marcham
Born:
May 24, 1949
in
Lincoln
Best Known For:
Iris, Moulin Rouge! and Bridget Jones's Diary.
Early-life:
Born May 24, 1949, in Lincoln, the youngest of three children. Father Roy was a furniture maker, who also renovated a Methodist chapel, turning it into a theatre, which was renamed the Broadbent Theatre after his death in 1971. Mother Dee was a sculptress and a keen amateur thespian. Jim attended a Quaker boarding school in Reading and, after passing his A-levels, attended art college. His heart lay in acting and he later transferred to the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art.
Career:
Broadbent caught the eye of casting directors following Illuminatus in 1976, a 12-hour sci-fi production. He worked with the National Theatre, Royal Shakespeare Company and as the National Theatre of Brent, a two-man comedy troupe he co-founded with Patrick Barlow. Despite originally turning down the role of Del Boy, he played bent copper Roy Slater in Only Fools and Horses. Bigger parts came in the 1990s, in such projects as Life Is Sweet, Bullets Over Broadway, Richard III and Topsy-Turvy. He also starred in Bridget Jones's Diary, Moulin Rouge!, Iris (for which he won an Oscar), Gangs of New York, The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe, Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull and two Harry Potter movies. His recent work includes The Iron Lady, Cloud Atlas, Le Week-End, The Harry Hill Movie, Paddington and Get Santa.
Quote:
"As an actor, I'm quite prepared to look silly. I don't mind looking like a complete berk."
Trivia:
He reportedly declined an OBE in 2002.
Leon Ockendon
(Actor)
.. Alex Pritchard
Tim Treloar
(Actor)
.. Arthur Crowe
Tomos Farrer
(Actor)
.. Mickey
Samuel Farrer
(Actor)
.. Sammy
Nicholas Banks
(Actor)
.. `Thicko" Derwent-Broxley
Nia Trussler Jones
(Actor)
.. Mrs Gladys Roberts
Martyn Ellis
(Actor)
.. Albert the golf pro
Carlie Enoch
(Actor)
.. Ivy Marshall
Trevor Cooper
(Actor)
.. Coroner
Bob Goody
(Actor)
.. Ted Miller
Richard Dixon
(Actor)
.. Leo Cayman
Simon Markey
(Actor)
.. Nigel the postman
Benedict Wolf
(Actor)
.. Hari Singh
Christian Patterson
(Actor)
.. Sgt Ellis
Hugh Laurie
(Adapted by)
Born:
June 11, 1959
in
Oxford
Best Known For:
His double-act with Stephen Fry
Early-life:
Born James Hugh Calum Laurie on June 11, 1959, in Oxford, the youngest of a doctor's four children; his father was also a gold medal-winning rower at the 1948 Olympics. After attending Eton, Hugh followed him into the sport, competing for England and in the Boat Race while at Cambridge, where he studied archaeology and anthropology. While president of the university's Footlights entertainment group, he met Stephen Fry. After touring Australia with their revue The Cellar Tapes, they teamed up professionally.
Career:
Fry and Laurie's stage success led to the TV sketch show Alfresco, which also featured Emma Thompson, Ben Elton and Robbie Coltrane. In 1987, Elton cast him in sitcom Blackadder the Third as amiable idiot George. A Bit of Fry and Laurie, and Jeeves and Wooster cemented his reputation as one of the UK's brightest comedy talents. He appeared with several celebrity pals in the movies Peter's Friends, Maybe Baby, and Sense and Sensibility. Other projects include 101 Dalmatians, The Man in the Iron Mask, Stuart Little and its sequel, the Flight of the Phoenix remake and TV series Fortysomething. His novel, The Gun Seller, was also a hit. His award-winning role in House turned him into an international star. Since it ended in 2012, Laurie has largely concentrated on music.
Quote:
On his status as a sex symbol: "Even my wife doesn't think I'm sexy, it's a miracle we have children."
Trivia:
Laurie has three children, loves motorbikes, is an atheist and has battled depression.
Agatha Christie
(Writer)
Claire Jones
(Producer)
James Prichard
(Executive producer)
Damien Timmer
(Executive producer)
Helen Ziegler
(Executive producer)
Gina Cronk
(Executive producer)
Jonathan Karas
(Executive producer)
Emily Powers
(Executive producer)
